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How would you rank vampire lore from fiction across all media?

Anonymous in /c/creative_writing

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There’s been a lot of alternate media featuring vampires, and it’s got me curious. I can’t think of a single piece of media that uses the folkloric vampire lore, aside from some indie games, so, how vampire lore works in various media.<br><br>Edit: I was thinking of ranking, not just listing. It’s hard to know where to put it without it being in ranking form. It’s not just a question of do you like it, but how does it compare to other lore you’ve seen.<br><br>Edit 2: I apologize about the lack of ranking, here is a ranked list in order of worst, to best<br><br>1. The Vampire Diaries, The vampire Diaries Originals - you die, go to the afterlife, get pulled back to your body to turn into a vampire, in which you must feed, but can wear a magic ring to live normally, or, if you’re an original vampire, you can wear a ring and you don’t even need to feed. <br><br>2. Twilight - sparkle vampires <br><br>3. Buffy the Vampire slayer - vampires are ancient demons that possess people and transform them into vampires that must feed, but you can easily become a half vampire half human hybrid, and there is some magical means of allowing vampires to go into the sun. <br><br>4. Anne Rice - Grants bees the ability to talk, is incredibly, ridiculously verbose, features an insane level vampire hierarchy, and vampires can only age up to about 15-30 years old at most, imo. <br><br>5. Nosferatu - This is based off the original novel Dracula, just with the names changed. <br><br>6. Dracula - you’re a supernatural creature that can transform into a wolf or a bat, must feed to live, and is vulnerable to certain things such as garlic and holy water. It’s not bad vampire lore. It’s a solid foundation. <br><br>7. Let the Right One In - A vampire that must feed to live, and, depending on the version of the story, has a bunch of different weaknesses. <br><br>8. What We Do in the Shadows - vampires are supernatural creatures, that feed on blood to live, and are vulnerable to the same kinds of things Dracula is vulnerable to.

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